Legal Protection of Intellectual Property Rights for Farmers in Breeding Local Plant Varieties as An Effort to Support National Food Diversification in Indonesia Muhammad Saiful Fahmi(a*), Rudini Hasyim Rado(a), Ricardo Goncalves Klau(a), Gusti Ayu Utami(a)
a) Department of Law Science, Faculty of Law, Universitas Musamus, Merauke 99600, Indonesia
* m.saifulfahmi[at]unmus.ac.id
Abstract
This study aims to find out the legal protection of intellectual property rights of farmers in breeding local plant varieties in an effort to support the national food diversification launched by the Indonesian government. The research method used in this study is normative legal research. This research uses data sources from legal materials in normative research, data collection techniques are carried out by means of literature studies. From the results of the study, it was concluded that: Regulations on the protection of plant varieties in general have been regulated by Law Number 29 of 2000 concerning Protection of Plant Varieties (PVP). However, Law Number 29 of 2000 concerning Plant Variety Protection (PVP) has protected local plant varieties, but the system determined is only limited to registration, which is not necessarily able to provide optimal protection for local plant varieties as well as the interests and rights of farmers as users in an effort to support the national food diversification program as launched by the Indonesian government as a way to overcome world food crisis.
Keywords: Legal Protection, PVP, and Food Diversification
